French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and his wife Brigitte Trogneux (L) leave home on bicycles the day before the first round of the French legislatives elections in Le Touquet, France, 10 June 2017. The vote to elect the lower house's 577 members comes a month after Mr Macron, a 39-year-old former banker with little political experience, defied the odds to win the presidency of the euro zone's second-largest economy. Such an outcome would transform into a landslide majority in the second round, the opinion polls show. While predicting the outcome can be tricky with 7,882 candidates vying for parliament's seats, even LREM's rivals have been saying they expect Mr Macron to secure a majority. Some key figures from both parties have rallied behind Mr Macron.

Source: Bangkok Post June 11, 2017 07:48 UTC